The Boss's candid discussion of his history of depression is the subject of an interesting article by my brother, Alex Lubet. Here are the opening paragraphs:
E Street lead guitarist Steve Van Zandt once said Bruce Springsteen never took drugs because he was afraid he might reprise his father’s depression. It turns out that Springsteen was suffering from mental illness all along.
Much of the buzz surrounding Bruce Springsteen’s new memoir “Born to Run” has been about the rock star’s disclosure of his long history of depression, which, to many, was a surprise.
Alex is a professor of music at the University of Minnesota. You can read the entire article, on The Conversation, here.